Strange's Florist

After serving the Richmond area for over 80 years, Strange’s Florist is able to offer its customers the most knowledgeable customer service and the best array of quality flowers and plants throughout central Virginia.

In the early 1930’s Gideon Strange, a U.S. Postal employee, started raising flowers and other plants in his yard. Strange sold his products out of his yard, as well as at the 6th Street Market. Eventually he expanded with 8000 square feet of greenhouses in his backyard.

After Strange passed in 1947, his widow sold Strange’s Florist to William J. Gouldin, Sr. and William F. Kidd – two railroad engineers that used their jobs to fund Strange’s Florist. When the two men took over, the florist was still in its original location and was comprised of three small greenhouses. They also rented two greenhouses in another location.

In 1974, Strange’s opened its first brick-and-mortar location on Mechanicsville Turnpike, with 6000 square feet of florist space and 4000 square feet for a greenhouse – all while still operating the previous location for storage and greenhouse rental. In 1979, Strange’s purchased the former location of Paul’s Flowers on Broad Street to open 50,000 square feet of greenhouse space. After extensive remodeling, the Broad Street location opened to the public in 1981 as a full-service garden center. The Midlothian Turnpike location opened in 1982, and the Hull Street location opened in 1983. A remodel took place in the Mechanicsville store in 1984.

In 2004, the current West Broad Street location expanded to include 9,000 square feet of greenhouses, a retail store, a new warehouse and a large paved parking lot. This store currently stands at over 110,000 square feet of indoor space.

Out of 35,000 florists in the United States, there are 20,000 members of Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD), and Strange’s Florist ranks in the top 25. The florists and customer service agents with Strange’s are able to give customer specific advice on how to grow certain plants, caring for floral arrangements, planting and plant care, as well as many other gardening tips and tricks. Don’t miss the tips that Strange’s offers on its website because you can’t go wrong when receiving your gardening and floral tips from Richmond’s Best Garden and Florist Center.